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dirnodes.txt: update docs a bit, we don't yet do choose-latest-version, just choose-any-version

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Brian Warner 2008-02-07 20:14:05 -07:00
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@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ unavailable, but not corrupt it.
A sufficient number of colluding storage servers can perform a rollback
attack: replace all shares of the whole mutable file with an earlier version.
When retrieving the contents of a mutable file, the client queries more than
one server and uses the highest available version number. This insures that
one or two misbehaving storage servers cannot cause this rollback on their
own.
TODO: To prevent this, when retrieving the contents of a mutable file, the
client should query more servers than necessary and use the highest available
version number. This insures that one or two misbehaving storage servers
cannot cause this rollback on their own.
=== Improving the efficiency of dirnodes ===